Rowett said: “First and foremost I hope England do the right thing and give Jack the opportunity to play out there against Belgium. I know that Jordan Pickford has stated that he wants to play but when someone has supported you that well, I think Jack deserves an opportunity.

“That’s just my opinion and of course it’s got nothing to do with me.

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“Then Jack will have a couple of weeks’ breather then come back certainly for the St Pauli game but we’ll have a look.

“It’s important that while you want to get players back involved, you have to give them that little bit of a breather, a bit of a break. In some ways it’s probably harder to go to a World Cup and not play games than it is to go and play.

“He’ll get a chance to refresh and spend some time with his family but he’s happy to come back in and get stuck in.”

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“The people who work with him have got nothing but praise and I think that shows. It highlights the unity that England have got as a team and that’s a very good precursor to the type of unity that we’re going to want to create for next season.

“Without a team spirit, without a team ethos then in my opinion you have nothing.

“So yes of course we want quality players but we want an excellent, excellent temperament as well and Jack certainly ticks those boxes.”

Stoke City and Australia keeper Adam Federici has spells at Reading and Bournemouth on his CV. (Image: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP/Getty Images)

Stoke have let number two Lee Grant join Manchester United and brought in Adam Federici from Bournemouth to compete with Butland and Jakob Haugaard, who is expected to sign a one-year contract extension.

“Adam is a very good character and a fantastic goalkeeper first and foremost,” said Rowett.

“I watched a lot of him while he was at Reading both when he was in the Championship and Premier League.

“He comes with very good character references. I spoke to a lot of people and so did (keeper coach) Andy Quy. We feel he’s excellent competition for the goalkeeper spot. With Jack, Adam and Jakob we’ve got great competition and I’m sure both Adam and Jakob will want to do everything they can to make sure Jack isn’t the number one. That’s how it should be. You need that competition.”

Butland’s extended stay in Russia has been an added complication in Stoke’s preparations. It was always certain that Xherdan Shaqiri was going to leave but Badou Ndiaye’s future also remains unclear.

Stoke City midfielder Badou Ndiaye trains with Senegal during the World Cup finals in Russia. (Image: ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP)

Not that Rowett, who is also hoping to bring in a handful of new faces and find new clubs for others he inherited, is complaining.

“I think it’s always difficult to plan in a World Cup year, particularly when you have as many players involved as we had here,” he said. “Some clubs won’t have any or many but here we had four or five and of course they will be sought after because they’re top players and most players want to ply their trade in the Premier League.

“You understand that and it’s perfectly acceptable to have that opinion… although there are different ways of going about it.

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“As a manager you add that to a difficult market as well so it’s a scenario that’s not ideal but you have to do your best.

“We are trying to sign players and if we can do that quickly, great. But if I have to wait a week for the player I want then have him for 46 games I would rather do that than drive through a deal to get a player in the building who isn’t quite what you’re looking for in terms of quality.”